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secondhand

secondhand

See also: second-hand and second hand

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

secondhand ‎(not comparable)

(of goods) not new; previously owned and used by another
(of a dealer) dealing in such merchandise
indirect
exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarette-smoking colleagues

Translations

not new; previously owned and used by another

Arabic: مُسْتَعْمَل (ar) ‎(mustaʿmal)
Basque: bigarren eskuko (eu)
Bulgarian:
Catalan: segona mà
Chinese:
Mandarin: 第二手 ‎(dì'èrshǒu), 中古 (zh) ‎(zhōnggǔ)
Dutch: tweedehands (nl), occasion m, occasie f
Finnish: käytetty (fi)
French: seconde main (fr), occasion (fr), de seconde main (fr)
Georgian: ნახმარი ‎(naxmari)
German: gebraucht (de), Second-Hand
Greek: μεταχειρισμένος (el) ‎(metacheirisménos)
Hungarian: használt (hu)
Icelandic: notaður
Indonesian: bekas (id)
Italian: di seconda mano f
Japanese: 中古 (ja) ‎(ちゅうこ, chūko), セコハン ‎(sekohan), セカンドハンド ‎(sekandohando)

Norman: dé s'gonde main
Korean: 중고 (ko) ‎(junggo)
Ladin: de sgonda man
Macedonian: по́ловен ‎(póloven)
Manx: aalaue
Maori: nguture
Mongolian: хуучин ‎(huučin), эдэлж хэрэглэж байсан ‎(edelž hereglež bajsan)
Polish: używany (pl)
Portuguese: de segunda mão
Romanian:
Russian: поде́ржанный (ru) ‎(podéržannyj), б/у (ru) ‎(b/u)
Scots: seicont-haundit
Scottish Gaelic: ath-ghnàthach
Spanish: de segunda mano
Swedish: begagnad (sv)
Turkish:
West Frisian: twaddehâns

dealing in such merchandise

Finnish: käytetyn tavaran

Manx: aalaue

Adverb

secondhand ‎(not comparable)

In a used or previously-owned condition.
- 1996, Peter Golding, Black Jack McEwen: Political Gladiator, ISBN 0522847188, page 50:
  It was almost an article of faith with McEwen never to buy new if he could buy secondhand.
- 2004, Ruth Doan MacDougall, Henrietta Snow, ISBN 0966335244, page 47:
  He glanced back at the Jeep, which he'd bought secondhand a dozen years ago and now, fifteen years old, was gaining on "classic" status.
indirectly

Translations

indirectly

Finnish: epäsuorasti, välikäden kautta